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Synonyms for crawl
krɔlcrawl
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Princeton's WordNet
crawlnoun
a very slow movement
"the traffic advanced at a crawl"
Synonyms:
crawling, front crawl, creep, creepingcrawl, front crawl, Australian crawlnoun
a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
Synonyms:
crawling, front crawl, creep, creepingcrawl, crawling, creep, creepingverb
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
"a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
Synonyms:
creep, weirdo, weirdy, weirdie, front crawl, crawling, spook, creepingcrawl, creepverb
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
Synonyms:
pussyfoot, creep, mouse, sneak, fawn, grovel, cower, cringecrawlverb
feel as if crawling with insects
"My skin crawled--I was terrified"
crawlverb
be full of
"The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovelverb
show submission or fear
Synonyms:
cower, sneak, recoil, bootlick, fawn, quail, flinch, funk, grovel, huddle, cringe, wince, truckle, kowtow, kotow, pussyfoot, squinch, creep, mouse, suck up, toady, shrinkcrawlverb
swim by doing the crawl
"European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"
Editors Contribution
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
crawlverb
Synonyms:
creep
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2382 | mouse | |
#8260 | funk | |
#10970 | ramp | |
#13161 | shrink | |
#14216 | crawl | |
#14228 | tracing | |
#16203 | sneak | |
#18621 | creep | |
#22481 | crawling | |
#22782 | quail | |
#26337 | creeping | |
#30821 | fawn | |
#31728 | recoil | |
#31924 | wince | |
#43010 | cringe | |
#49409 | huddle | |
#50705 | weirdo | |
#51312 | spook | |
#60090 | slither | |
#76457 | flinch | |
#102486 | cower | |
#116571 | grovel | |
#128894 | toady | |
#207328 | kowtow | |
#271278 | pussyfoot | |
#275633 | truckle |
How to use crawl in a sentence?
My house fell off the foundation while were still in it, so we had to break the window in the kitchen and crawl out of it and get up on the roof as fast as we could.
Laughing can serve you in the dark moments and even help you crawl your way back out. -Ryan Reynolds
I don't know of anyone looking at it for monetary reasons anymore, it slowed almost to a crawl, and for a while it was the hottest thing going.
We only seem to learn from Life that Life doesn't matter so much as it seemed to do -- it's not so burningly important, after all, what happens. We crawl, like blinking sea-creatures, out of the Ocean onto a spur of rock, we creep over the promontory bewildered and dazzled and hurting ourselves, then we drop in the ocean on the other side: and the little transit doesn't matter so much.
If this happens, you end up spending more on utility costs because the air you’re paying to heat or cool is escaping from the loose ductwork into the attic or crawl space, not into your living space.
Translations for crawl
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- دب, زحف, يزحفArabic
- iməkləməkAzerbaijani
- поўзаць, паўзціBelarusian
- пълзя, угоднича, гъмжа, лазя, влача, плувам кроул, пълзене, кроулBulgarian
- arrossegar-se, gatejarCatalan, Valencian
- plazit, léztCzech
- kravle, krybe, crawlDanish
- wimmeln, krabbeln, kriechen, kraulen, Schneckentempo, KraulGerman
- taEwe
- έρπω, κάνω κρόουλ, μπουσουλάω, κρόουλGreek
- rampiEsperanto
- rampar, gatear, estar cuajado, avanzar a paso de tortuga, arrastrar, estar de cuajado, arrastrarse, reptar, humillarse, humillarse ante, crol, estilo crol, crawlSpanish
- خزیدنPersian
- madella, saada, ryömiä, kontata, väre, läpi, vilistä, kylmä, kroolata, indeksoida, konttaus, ryömintä, matelu, krooliFinnish
- grulva, krovlFaroese
- avancer au pas, s'aplatir devant, grouiller de, grouiller, ramper, s'aplatir, avoir la chair de poule, faire le crawlFrench
- krûpeWestern Frisian
- èalaidh, snàigScottish Gaelic
- זחל, הזדחלHebrew
- घिसटनाHindi
- mászik, vánszorog, kúszik, hemzsegHungarian
- սողալArmenian
- skríða, skriðsundIcelandic
- nuotare a crawl, strisciare, brulicare, crawlItalian
- 這う, クロールJapanese
- ბობღვა, ცოცვა, ხოხვაGeorgian
- លូនKhmer
- 기어가다Korean
- rēpōLatin
- ຄານLao
- rāpotLatvian
- ползиMacedonian
- rangkak, gaya rangkakMalay
- တွားBurmese
- kruipenDutch
- krypeNorwegian
- pełzać, pełznąćPolish
- rastejar, engatinhar, crawlPortuguese
- târîRomanian
- ползти́, по́лзать, попо́лзать, уго́дничать, пресмыка́ться, кише́ть, [[мурашка, лебезии́ь, заи́скивать, поползти́, [[плыть]] [[кроль, ползание, крольRussian
- пузати, пузити, puzati, puziti, плазити, plazitiSerbo-Croatian
- plaziť, kraulSlovak
- plazitiSlovene
- krypa, kräla, crawlSwedish
- வலம்Tamil
- దేకు, పాకుTelugu
- хазиданTajik
- คลานThai
- emeklemekTurkish
- повзати, повзтиUkrainian
- bò, trườnVietnamese
- קריכןYiddish
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